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Taxpayer funds family's £1,600-a-week rent
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 12 days ago
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London home at a cost to the taxpayer of £1,600 a week, despite a pledge by ministers to crack down on housing benefit payments. Somali-born Nasra Warsame, seven of her children and her mother moved into the six-bedroom property last month after Westminster...
Tags: housing benefit, Nasra Warsame, northwest London, Somalia, Mogadishu, British society, Council house, Maida Vale, Social Issues, James Purnell, Welfare, Affordable housing
Hardline rebels take Somali border town near Kenya
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 12 days ago
Credibility Rebels suspected of links to al Qaeda seized a Somali town near the Kenyan border on Saturday, sending civilians fleeing toward the neighboring country. Al Shabaab insurgents, who Washington says are a proxy in Somalia for Osama bin Laden's group, drove...
Tags: Dhobley, Al Shabaab, Kenya, Somalia, Reuters, Mogadishu, timeline of the War in Somalia, War on Terrorism, Politics, Kismayo, War in Somalia, War Conflict
AU troops remain unpaid in Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 12 days ago
Credibility Outgoing AU special envoy to Somalia Nicholas Bwakira said the donors have only paid 30 percent of the funds they pledged in Brussels early this year, According to the Press TV correspondent. Bwakira added that the issue will have a huge impact on the...
Tags: Somalia Nicholas Bwakira, Somalia Sat, Ugandan, Somalia, Mogadishu, Diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil War, African Union Mission to Somalia, Politics, African Union, Foreign relations of Somalia, War Conflict
Analysis: Amanda Lindhout — gutsy reporter or naive thrill-seeker?
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 13 days ago
Credibility A golden rule for journalists is to report the story, not become it...Kidnapped in Somalia, the Canadian journalist endured 15 months of captivity before her release this week. Snatched along with Australian photographer Nigel Brennan in August 2008,...
Tags: Amanda Lindhout, Somalia, journalists amanda, Mogadishu, Foreign hostages in Somalia, Kidnapping, Hostage taking, Politics, Hostage
Muslims mark Idd with unity calls
Bujumbura :: Burundi | 13 days ago
Credibility Sheikh Hammad Kassim, who emphasized unity among Muslims throughout his sermon, said that those who will mark the event on Saturday were within the Islamic code and should not be accused of disobeying him. Speaking at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium, the...
Tags: Kenya Muslims Advisory Council, Burundi, Bujumbura, Horn of Africa, Kilifi, Kwale, Religion Belief, Somalia
Captain tells how his ship was rescued
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 14 days ago
Credibility There were also five mobile phones, a mobile phone charger, money in Somali currency notes and a US dollar and 29 jerricans. The hearing continues. Add a comment (0 comments so far)
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, International criminal law, Skiff, Humanitarian aid, Gulf of Aden
Greek warship stops halts pirates
Brussels :: Belgium | 14 days ago
Credibility Seychelles and destroyed one of its fast boats before releasing its crew, the European Union naval mission said overnight. The Greek frigate Adrias was led to the so-called pirate "mother ship", some 480km northeast of the Seychelles, by a patrol aircraft...
Tags: Seychelles, Somalia, Belgium, Brussels, Horn of Africa, Aden, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Great Rift Valley, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea
Friends await freed journalist
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 14 days ago
Credibility As Amanda Lindhout received medical care in Nairobi yesterday, those close to the recently freed Alberta journalist were buzzing over her release and her imminent return home. "Everyone in town is talking about it. I'm sure there are people across Canada...
Tags: Alberta, Amanda Lindhout, Nigel Brennan, Somalia, Nairobi, flu shots, freelance journalist, reviving economy, Calgary, alberta credits, Mogadishu, Politics, flu pandemic in the United States, Influenza, Influenza vaccine, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, Flu season, Whitemud Drive, Strathcona County Alberta, Colvin, Health in the United States, Edmonton, Strathcona, Mayerthorpe Alberta, Roads in Edmonton, Ransom, Kenya, Hostage taking, Nigel, Vaccines, Fox Drive
African Union names new representative in Mogadishu
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 14 days ago
Credibility Mr Diarra replaces Mr Nicolas Bwakira who has held the post for two years. Addressing a press conference in Nairobi, Mr Bwakira said African Union troops in Somalia have not been paid for eight months. Mr Bwakira attributed this to the slow pace by...
Tags: internally communities, Mr Bwakira, Somalia, Mogadishu, Horn of Africa, Diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil War, Government of Somalia, African Union Mission to Somalia, Politics, Foreign relations of Somalia, War Conflict
'They treated us like dogs'—Freed crew on Somali pirates
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 14 days ago
Credibility Nightmarish" is the way the crew of the Al-Meezan cargo vessel recount their time in captivity at the hands of Somali pirates. One week after being freed, this Panama-flagged ship with 18 sailors on board, including 15 Indians and two Pakistanis, is anchored...
Tags: Somalia, cargo vessel, Mogadishu, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Gulf of Aden, Somali people, October 28 2007 incident off Somalia, Horn of Africa, MV Faina, Hobyo, MV Stolt Strength, International criminal law
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